Non-EU vendorNotes & TasksHeadquarters: US

Sunsama: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Sunsama is a daily planner and task manager that brings tasks from other tools and calendars into one plan for the day. It includes a focus mode, timers and an end-of-day shutdown routine, and connects with calendars and task services such as Google Calendar, Outlook, Asana and Todoist. It is aimed at knowledge workers and professionals who plan their days. Sunsama is available on the web, on macOS, Windows and Linux, and as apps for iOS and Android.

Sunsama is operated by Summay, Inc., which its privacy policy describes as based in the United States. The primary servers are in the US, on Google Cloud Platform, with MongoDB Atlas and AWS, and data from users outside the US is processed there too. Sub-processors include Stripe, Intercom and Cloudflare, and the full list is available on request. The service is proprietary and not open source. For a European organisation, the main considerations are US jurisdiction over a US provider and the absence of any stated European hosting option, so task data containing personal information warrants careful assessment.

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Sovereignty score

17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Notes & Tasks
Type	Product
Website	sunsama.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Sunsama

The European alternatives to Sunsama come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Sunsama

Sunsama is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Sunsama hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Sunsama is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Sunsama together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Sunsama?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Sunsama include Anytype, Bear and Capacities. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Sunsama?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Sunsama include Carnet, CryptPad, HedgeDoc and Joplin. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Sunsama GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Sunsama is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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